CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (Renewal): An Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Program with Technical and Managerial Paths

安全培训已成为社会复原力的基础，这往往是组织有效性所必需的。纽约州立大学布法罗分校(UB)是网络安全教育的国家学术卓越中心(CAE)和网络安全研究的CAE(CAE-R)。UB将通过参与CyberCorps(R)：服务奖学金(SFS)计划来利用这一安全基础，为进入联邦工作队伍培养高素质的网络安全专业人员。该项目建立在一个成功计划的基础上，并基于安全最佳实践、经验学习和应用研究开发了全面的网络安全课程。它将通过扩大该项目的范围，将本科生包括在内，并通过招收研究生来开发真正的网络安全途径。该项目还计划激励初中生和高中生成为安全问题解决者和安全专业人员。该项目将通过聘请来自计算机科学、工程和管理科学的教师，并得到密歇根大学数学和法律的支持，为学者提供增强的、跨学科的网络安全体验。该项目将继续开发和维持一个成功的、广泛的网络安全计划，方法是在现有的勒索软件、区块链技术和信息真实性研究的基础上。该项目将培训24名学生，分四组进行技术和管理方面的培训。将为本科生提供网络安全专业的辅修课程，为网络安全专业的研究生提供高级证书。UB将利用布法罗地区计算机取证实验室(RCFL)的最先进资源，提供15门基于经验的高级课程。这些课程包括软件测试、区块链应用程序开发、系统安全、网络安全、隐私、伦理，以及为学生准备行业认证的综合信息保障课程。项目团队将通过当地少数群体管理协会、纽约州立大学路易斯·斯托克斯少数群体参与计划以及女性管理、工程和科学团体，积极吸引代表不足的群体，以招收学生并在布法罗举办网络安全意识研讨会。与当地行业的合作伙伴关系将为人工智能、分析和区块链技术等新兴领域提供教育机会和人才发展。这些利益攸关方的参与机会将扩大该项目在社区内的网络安全努力的影响。该项目得到了CyberCorps®服务奖学金(SFS)计划的支持，该计划为设立或继续开展网络安全奖学金计划的提案提供资金，并与美国国家网络战略保持一致，以培养一支优秀的网络安全队伍。奖学金获得者毕业后必须在联邦、州、地方或部落政府组织中从事网络安全工作，工作时间与他们的奖学金支持期限相同。  该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优势和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Security training has become the foundation of societal resilience, often necessary for organizational effectiveness. The State University of New York at Buffalo (UB) is a designated National Center of Academic Excellence (CAE) in cybersecurity education and a CAE in cybersecurity research (CAE-R). UB will leverage this security foundation by participating in the CyberCorps(R): Scholarship for Service (SFS) program to prepare highly qualified cybersecurity professionals to enter the federal workforce. This project builds on a successful program and develops a comprehensive cybersecurity curriculum based on security best practices, experiential learning, and applied research. It will develop authentic pathways to cybersecurity by expanding the program's scope to include undergraduate students and by recruiting students for graduate studies. This project also plans to inspire middle and high school students to become security problem solvers and security professionals. The project will provide scholars with an enhanced, interdisciplinary cybersecurity experience by engaging faculty from computer science, engineering and management sciences with support from mathematics and law at UB. This project will continue to develop and sustain a successful, broad cybersecurity program by building on existing research on ransomware, blockchain technology, and information authenticity. The project will train 24 students in four cohorts in both technical and managerial paths. A minor in cybersecurity will be offered for undergraduate students and an advanced certificate for graduate students specializing in cybersecurity. UB will leverage the state-of-the-art resources in Buffalo's Regional Computer Forensics Lab (RCFL) to offer 15 high-level experience-based courses. These courses include Software Testing, Blockchain Application Development, Systems Security, Network Security, Privacy, Ethics, and an integrative Information Assurance course that will prepare students for industry certification. The project team will actively engage underrepresented groups through the local Minority Management Society, the SUNY Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation program, and the Women in Management and Engineering and Science groups to recruit students and conduct cybersecurity awareness workshops in Buffalo. Partnerships with local industries will allow educational opportunities and talent development in the emerging domains of artificial intelligence, analytics, and blockchain technology. These stakeholder engagement opportunities will broaden the impact of the project’s cybersecurity efforts within the community. This project is supported by the CyberCorps® Scholarship for Service (SFS) program, which funds proposals establishing or continuing scholarship programs in cybersecurity and aligns with the U.S. National Cyber Strategy to develop a superior cybersecurity workforce. Following graduation, scholarship recipients are required to work in cybersecurity for a federal, state, local, or tribal Government organization for the same duration as their scholarship support.  This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.